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Aug-26-09
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| tpstar: <S> Excellent!
Looking again after 15. Rad1, Black also has 15 ... Nf6 releasing the pressure on the Ne7, so the best puzzle would be the analysis position after 15. Rad1 Kf8?! and now White to Play and Win. But I'm afraid 7. Qe2!? and 8. Bg5?? sour that game for publication, so let's find a better one. =) |
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Aug-26-09
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| tpstar: While we await your next game, try these Guess the Move puzzles: 1) White to Play:
click for larger view2) Black to Play:
click for larger view |
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| Aug-30-09 |
| Bhodh117: Hey tpstar, we missed you at the tournament at spring lake, we had hoped to see you there, but alas. |
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Sep-09-09
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| tpstar: <S> Thanks for sending me your game. I don't mean to be so critical about your practice games, but I didn't like that one either. Anyone who plays Center Counter as Black and then keeps moving the Queen around is a rank beginner, especially when they fall for basic Knight forks on c7 or f7. After 10 ... Nd5?? 11. Nxd5 wins a piece since the Qe6 is pinned, so you had a quicker win anyway. If you don't have any better Internet games by this point, why don't you select your best game from Spring Lake and annotate it for the Newsletter. Try to run it through an engine and find 3 GM reference games, and then I'll clean it up. :-) |
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Sep-09-09
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| tpstar: <S> I just saw Katy at the Michigan Open. Maybe get in touch with her and see if she has a more complete gamescore; her e-mail and number are on wmc.com. But even if you can't get the whole thing, just annotate what you can. The deadline for the Newsletter is the end of this month, so in the meantime you could keep trying for a better game over the Internet. |
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| Sep-16-09 |
| Bhodh117: Hi tpstar! I sent the annotated game to your email, so check it! =D |
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Sep-16-09
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| tpstar: <S> Hello. =)
You mean the one from FICS or the one against Katy? |
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| Sep-16-09 |
| Bhodh117: the one from FICS |
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Sep-16-09
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| tpstar: <S> Great. You ran it through an engine and found 3 reference games, right? You should still annotate your game against Katy, and then both will be saved on the WMC Web site while the better one will go in the Newsletter. =) |
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| Sep-16-09 |
| Bhodh117: Katy still hasnt emailed me back, and I have misplaced my score. We had carbon copies that we turned in so i can ask andy, so ill see if i can get it in. Thanks |
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Sep-20-09
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| tpstar: Naathan-Tony (SM 9/20/09): 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. d3 (5. 0-0) c6 6. Ba4 Qa5+ 7. Bd2?? (7. c3 dc 8. Nxc3 =) Qxa4 8. b3 Qb5 9. c4 dc 10. Bxc3 Bb4 11. Qd2 Bxc3 12. Qxc3 Nf6 13. Na3 Qg5 14. 0-0 b6 15. Nc2 (if 15. f4 Qc5+) 0-0 16. Ne3 Bb7 17. Nf5 Qf4 18. Rae1 Rfe8 19. Ne3 (19. Re3) d5 20. a4? de 21. Nc4 Ng4 22. Qd2? (22. g3 Qh6 23. h4 e3) Qxh2# 0-1. Tony-Naathan (SM 9/20/09): 1. e4 d5 2. ed Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qe5+!? 4. Be2 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qf5 6. d4?! (6. 0-0) Nf6 (6 ... Nb4) 7. Bd3 Qd7 8. 0-0 e6 (8 ... Nxd4? 9. Nxd4 Qxd4?? 10. Bb5+) 9. Bb5 a6 10. Ne5 Qd6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. Bf4 Be7? (12 ... Qb4) 
click for larger view13. Ng6 e5?! 14. Bxe5 Qb4 15. Nxh8 Bg4 16. Qd3 Qxb2 17. Qc4 Bd7 18. Qxf7+ Kd8 19. Qxg7 Qxc2?! (19 ... Qxc3) 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Qxf6+ Kc8 22. Nf7 Kb7 23. Rab1+ Ka7 24. d5 Qxc3?? (24 ... c5) 25. Qxc3 cd 26. Qxc7# 1-0. |
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Sep-21-09
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| playground player: <tpstar> Thanks for the tips. Alas, my local chess club is far too small to attract a GM for any reason. I think the only exchange we've had was about two years ago, when you commented (graciously, I might add) on a game I was very proud of and which I posted in Kibitzers' Cafe. I remember that because when I looked at the game again months later, my brother-in-law instantly pointed out a mating move that not only slipped past me, but past all the CG kibitzers, too. I've pretty much given up making political commentary around here. Not only do I have to do it for a living (so it doesn't hold much attraction for me as a form of recreation); but I got tired of feeling like a conservative duck in a liberal shooting gallery. |
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| Oct-14-09 |
| Bhodh117: hello tpstar
sorry i havent been on lately, I had some other matters (Helping dad go to india) and things like that. so ill be on much more often now |
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| Oct-14-09 |
| Bhodh117: sorry tpstar the game i played didnt save, so ill try to get another game in |
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Oct-14-09
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| tpstar: <S> Nice to see you. =) Your Sicilian win should show up in the next Newsletter. For the rest of the year, let's focus on French games as Black which would fit into your article. |
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Nov-01-09
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| Calli: I was surprised! Surprised to add User: Benjamin Lau some 5 years after his disappearance from CG. So, what happens to someone's digital remnants after they are gone? |
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Nov-01-09
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| tpstar: <Calli> Fortunately our posts are permanent so we're never gone. =) Previous kibitzes can indeed be very helpful to avoid duplication of efforts for individual games, but also Game Collections remain forever. During the Pun Contest I kept raiding Game Collection: Brilliancies By "Unknowns" & Game Collection: Best Chess Games of All Time even if those two users were away for a while. I also liked <TheAlchemist>'s several Game Collections about Informant prizes. Speaking of 5 years ago, surely you remember how kibitzing on the Alekhine page largely revolved around alcohol in the serious sense (versus "beening an alcoholic" on the Beer page), so for Game Collection: Alekhine was drunk! it was basically a rite of passage to joke about AAA on the sauce. Then again, the punch line is that he really *was* drunk all those times. :-) |
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Nov-03-09
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| Calli: <our posts are permanent> I hereby bequeath the maintenance of my game collections to my great nephew Alphonse. (never liked him) <he really *was* drunk>
Being an an alcoholic, he was naturally drunk for all of his wins. He only lost when he awoke and couldn't find a drop anywhere before the game. The withdrawal was terrible. This is where the kibitzing has it all backwards. |
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Nov-05-09
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| Check It Out: <tpstar> Hi, just stopping by to say excellent job on the "Kramniad". I just found it yesterday and think it's an incredible work. |
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Nov-05-09
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| tpstar: <Check It Out> Thank you kindly. =) Of course I think it's funnier than anyone else since I get all the references. Not all of the personal attacks were by Kramnik supporters; some were by hotheads who don't visit anymore. As to the Kramnik page itself, whomever writes the "Csmathiad" could Dish It Out for over twenty chapters right there, although it gets a tad redundant. |
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Nov-08-09
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| obientag: how are u sir? just drop by to say hi... :) |
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Nov-08-09
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| tpstar: <obientag> Still around, you know I mean. =) My condolences for the loss of your father. |
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Nov-13-09
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| Phony Benoni: <tpstar> Tony, do you still have the power to edit Wikipedia articles? If so, you might take a look at the entry for George Alcock MacDonnell at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George.... The reference to his chessgames.com page at the bottom links to Alexander McDonnell, which I am sure the good Rev. would not appreciate. |
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Nov-13-09
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| tpstar: <Phony Benoni> Sorry but I have never been a Wikipedia editor, but we have <BishopBerkeley> <FSR> <MrMelad> and <JustToClarify> who are. There's one more around that I won't mention because he tried to get his pets into Wikipedia. :-) |
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Nov-13-09
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| Phony Benoni: <tpstar> Sorry. I remembered you working on the Wikipedia entry for chessgames.com, and assumed you were an editor. I'll contact one of the others. Thanks! |
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